The Okmulgee PEO Chapter Z met to honor Golden Sister Jean Foreman for 52 years in the organization. PEO is an International philanthropic organization that strives to improve the educational opportun...

Sarah Stockman and Kevin Arnold are happy to announce their engagement and approaching wedding. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mary Lane of Pampa, Texas. She is a 1997 graduate of Salina Central H...

A Henryetta man drowned Monday in an accident at Lake Eufaula. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, at 3:23 p.m. Monday, a report was received of an abandoned boat in the water and a truck parked...

A county man is facing a stolen vehicle charge following his arrest last week. On July 25, at 6 p.m., a Henryetta police officer was patrolling in the area of 4th and Main. While running a tag check o...

Summer vacations are coming to an end as classes are set to resume for Okmulgee County students in the upcoming weeks. Besides welcoming back students, many of the districts are welcoming new teachers...

In June, Tanner Miller was hired as an Agriculture and 4H educator at the OSU Extension Office in Okmulgee. He is also currently serving as interim county director. Miller is a native of Okmulgee Coun...

Beginning in August, the United States Department of Agriculture is no longer providing schools with funding to maintain free meals for all students during the school year. When school resumes this fa...

Morris Public Schools today announced its policy for free or reduced-price meals for children served under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), and the After-S...

The Okmulgee Humane Society is holding a month-long adoption special in August. All adoption fees will be reduced by $25, so dogs are $100 and cats are $50. Get your application and visit our website ...

4-H educators Tanner Miller and Jill Gibbons took Madelyn Amador, Maggie Amador, Kelly Porter, Lance Porter, Jake Cox and Noah Sheedy to the 101 st State 4-H Roundup in Stillwater, last week. Pictured...

National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association (NARFE) Chapter 0730 will meet Thursday, Aug. 11, at Shoney’s Restaurant, 619 E. Main St. in Henryetta (across from Walmart). The program prese...

Okmulgee Public School District will send messages through ParentSquare. If your contact information has changed since school dismissed for the summer, contact the office for each of your children to ...

The Oklahoma Historical Society is partnering with the Oklahoma Conference of Black Mayors to present the Oklahoma All-Black Towns State Conference on Saturday, August 20. The conference will be from ...

A public drawing was held Sunday, July 31 at 2 p.m. to determine the ballot order of political parties for the 2022 General Election. The drawing was conducted by the Secretary of the State Election B...

The harvest of fall crops will not go according to plan this season for some Oklahoma producers due to extreme summer heat and drought. For crops like corn that are not harvested for grain, repurposin...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced recently that it will indefinitely extend the deadline for producers to return the pre-filled applications for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Pro...

The second week of camp for the Okmulgee High School band, The Showpiece, is underway. Assistant Director Sandra Coleman (left) and Director Carl Stringer (right) are pictured with a portion of the ba...

Major repair work on Watts Road, located on the north side of the City of Morris, has begun according to Okmulgee County District 3 Commissioner Dan Artussee. “It was an old chip and seal road that ju...

Severe storms and flooding in May of this year wrecked havoc on county roads. Many residents are still having to deal with damaged roads as county crews are working to make needed repairs or replace t...

The nation’s oldest all-Black professional rodeo event returns next week, drawing competitors and spectators from around the country. The 67th annual Roy LeBlanc Okmulgee Invitational Rodeo will be he...